ROLL A… series…

I seem to be obsessed with tasks that involve either a random element to them or students rolling dice!Here you will find a collection of all those posts! Roll a starter by @Tombrush1982 Roll a plenary by @Tombrush192 Roll a sentence Roll a recap task Roll a QR Code by @Tombrush1982 Roll a SOLO question by @Tombrush1982 Roll a creative […]
1st XI/5 A side!

Resources:Download this template here– Download the 5 a side version adapted by @JamieClark85 here (Includes SOLO!) Document by http://jivespin.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/who-is-in-your-football-xi-a-great-homework-or-review-activity/ What to do: Who would be in your football 1ST XI? This simple question can get your students thinking! It can be applied in so many ways in different subjects. This activity will make the basis of an interesting class discussion, homework activity […]
Acrostic Relay

Resources: None! What do do: Put students into two teams. Line each team up, one behind the other in front of the whiteboard. Give the student at the front of each line, a whiteboard pen. On the whiteboard is a word, written vertically down the board. The word should be related to the learning that […]
Gingerbread RETURNS…

Resources: Use the blank template of a gingerbread man to assess your student’s learning during the lesson or at the end of the lesson. How it works: Three key pieces of information are written on different areas of the gingerbread man template to identify progress/next steps. 1) Head – what’s the key piece of information […]
Roll a Sentence

Resources:Download the grid Here (This activity has been adapted from the Plenary Grid by @TomBrush1982) What to do:Print the grid out- laminate it- A4? A3? or have a grid permanently stuck into the students books? Or on their Desks?Then give students a dice to roll twice.Once to count along and once to count across.Whatever box the […]
Scrabble Tiles

Resources:Google Images- Scrabble TilesDownload this one here Download this document a scrabble board! created by @Dak_74 A lot of these are now floating around on Twitter! This is where you seen it first! 🙂 What to do:Place these images on the students desks- as they walk in ask them to… Think of as many words as they can Make […]
Passing Mind Map

Resources:Paper/Coloured Pens How It Works:Students each handed a piece of paper- A3/4?They students must be seated in a way that each student can pass their paper to the person next to them. (You, as the teacher can plug a gap by passing the papers if need be.)In the middle of that piece of paper should […]
Can’t See me!

Resources: Smart Notebook How it works: Write keywords / vocabulary onto a smart notebook page. Recapping the previous lesson perhaps? Or introducing new words. Then change their colour to white so they disappear on the screen. Draw a shape but make it a dark colour. Then make sure the box is set to ‘behind text’. […]
Plenary Grid

UPDATE Resources:This Grid by @TomBrush192 <– download here and the resources required for individual tasks? Click here for a notebook version with spinning dice! By @TheMathsMagpie GRID MADE BY WWW.TWITTER.COM/TOMBRUSH1982 How It Works:Print the grid out- laminate it- A4? A3? or have a grid permanently stuck into the students books?Then give students a dice to roll.Once to count along and […]
Write and Over

Resources:Strips of Paper- divided into sections.How It Works:Desks are arranged into exam desk settings (see picture) When signalled by the teacher- (I play music!)Student on the front desk has to take the strip of paper and write a keyword/quote/point/equasion/poet etc in the square.They must then pass the strip of paper over their heads (All students […]